Almost done with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I have seen this book at the local book store and library and frankly the cover put me off. It was creepy, ghoulish and for the life of me I couldn't pick it up to read. For some reason two weeks ago I saw it again at the library and decided I should at least give it a try since it is on several best seller lists. The premise is that a young man has heard fairy tale type stories from his grandfather accompanied by black and white photos. Upon his grandfather's death the young man decides he needs to find out more about his grandfather's past. To my surprise the story is not so much a mystery but rather more of a time travel- fantasy tale with a good vs evil story line. Not as creepy as I expected. Have been spending hours helping my 90yr old mother and 94 yr old father (with ALZ) pack up their home of 53 years to move to assisted living. Lots of memories, lots of treasures and lots of junk!! Many boxes containing some one else's treasure are going to the church tag sale. Also have made time to sail with my son. We placed 2nd in our Beetle sailboat for the month of July. He is a very able, competent and smart skipper with whom I have total confidence.

Still reading The Time in Between- slowly- but enjoying it. Learning more about the Spanish Revolution- Franco- etc. Long week. Looking forward to the weekend and spending time with my family. My daughter's birthday is Sunday. So Saturday we will drive to Boston to have dinner with her and go to a Red Sox game. Fun!

This is the beach where I walk when I have lots of energy. Today it has been raining so no walking but it's nice to look at the picture and imagine.....Good day for a cup of tea, cozy chair and a good book.

Been spending time in Rhode Island- walking, reading, some sewing,and some sailing. The white sail is our boat, my son is the skipper. In this race he is heading towards the finish line where he placed first. Usually I crew for him but his friend came for the weekend and, so, I was replaced! Have been listening to Delirium on CD- another YA book set in the future. Started The Time in Between, historical fiction set in Spain/ Morocco between the two World Wars. I hope to finish both this week. My to-do list of books to read is not lengthy but the books are- Cleopatra, Wolf Hall, Catherine the Great. Such aspirations! And I try to keep up with the daily newspapers - NYT, WSJ, and the local one. Lots of reading.

Loving the summer. Spending time in Rhode Island overlooking the salt pond, sailing our Beetle Cat boat and relaxing with some books. Have read several YA books- Fracture, Island of the Aunts, The Secret of Platform 13- enjoyable, easy reads. Fracture was a bit disturbing- young girl falls through the ice, is dead for 11 minutes but miraculously comes back to life. Disturbing but interesting. Just started This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. Also read Matched- set in the future. Very interesting but similar to Hunger Games (dystopian society). Hoping to get to Wolf Hall which I originally didn't want to read but since Hillary Mantel's second book came out I am now intrigued.

This is a picture of the view from my porch. Very peaceful and calm.